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  2. Bedding ceremony - Wikipedia

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    In medieval Scandinavia, the bedding ceremony was of great legal importance. Laws in many Swedish provinces regarded public bedding as essential to the completion of a marriage, [10] but the legal importance later diminished due to new royal laws. [5] In Iceland, a marriage was only valid if it included the bedding ritual witnessed by at least ...

  3. Bed hangings - Wikipedia

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    Bed hangings or bed curtains are fabric panels that surround a bed; they were used from medieval times through to the 19th century. Bed hangings provided privacy when the master or great bed was in a public room, such as the parlor. They also kept warmth in, and were a way of showing one's wealth. When bedrooms became more common in the mid ...

  4. Bundling (tradition) - Wikipedia

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    Bundling (tradition) Bundling, or tarrying, is the traditional practice of wrapping a couple together in a bed sometimes with a board between the two of them, usually as a part of courting behavior. The tradition is thought to have originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles and later became common in colonial United States, [1 ...

  5. Courtship and marriage in Tudor England - Wikipedia

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    Courtship and marriage in Tudor England. Courtship and marriage in Tudor England (1485–1603) marked the legal rite of passage [1] for individuals as it was considered the transition from youth to adulthood. It was an affair that often involved not only the man and woman in courtship but their parents and families as well.

  6. Levee (ceremony) - Wikipedia

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    Levee (ceremony) A Levée underway in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, 1903. King Edward VII is seated on the throne, the Royal Company of Archers stand guard. The levee (from the French word lever, meaning "getting up" or "rising") [1] was traditionally a daily moment of intimacy and accessibility to a monarch or leader, as he got up in the morning.

  7. Marriage bed of Henry VII - Wikipedia

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    The marriage bed of Henry VII (also known as the Paradise Bed, Bed of Roses) is a carved oak four-post bedstead bought in a dilapidated condition at an auction in Chester, England, in 2010. Since then the bed has been subjected to art historical investigation and advanced material analysis. It is suggested that the bed was made to celebrate the ...

  8. Commendation ceremony - Wikipedia

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    Commendation ceremony. A commendation ceremony (commendatio) is a formal ceremony that evolved during the Early Medieval period to create a bond between a lord and his fighting man, called his vassal. The first recorded ceremony of commendatio was in 7th century France, but the relationship of vassalage was older, and predated even the medieval ...

  9. Labours of the Months - Wikipedia

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    Labours of the Months. August from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1412-16, by the Limbourg brothers; the court hunt with falcons and behind harvesting. The Duc's castle at Étampes is at the rear. 22,5 x 13,6 cm. The term Labours of the Months refers to cycles in Medieval and early Renaissance art depicting in twelve scenes the rural ...